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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 1d

✨ New podcast episode out now ✨

This week on #DeadlyIndustryPod, Louis is joined by @ambervandenakker.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social from @lhgp.bsky.social to unpack a critical concept - multistakeholderism.

🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...

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Phil Chamberlain @philchamberlain.bsky.social · 1d

Great to hear @ambervandenakker.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social on the latest @tcrgbath.bsky.social podcast looking at why health-harming industries, like tobacco, seek a seat at the policy-making table.

Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 1d

✨ New podcast episode out now ✨

This week on #DeadlyIndustryPod, Louis is joined by @ambervandenakker.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social from @lhgp.bsky.social to unpack a critical concept - multistakeholderism.

🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 4d

New Money Power Health substack essay just out: The Hidden Shallows of Academic Impact Metrics 📊

Why “impact” can be too often defined by what can be measured, not what matters.

Full piece (free, ad free) here: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

The hidden shallows of academic “impact” metrics

and the importance of acknowledging the important, however unmeasurable

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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @jsadjournal.bsky.social · 12d

“This Supposed Conflict of Interest”: Analysis of Industry Framings of Partnership and Conflict of Interest in WHO Public Consultations on Alcohol Policy (just accepted in @jsadjournal.bsky.social)
@spidermaani.bsky.social @thersaorg.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

“This Supposed Conflict of Interest”: Analysis of Industry Framings of Partnership and Conflict of Interest in WHO Public Consultations on Alcohol Policy: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol ...

Background: High-level commitments to engage the private sector in governance and limited attention to managing conflict of interest (COI) have enabled alcohol industry actors to engage with policy de...

www.jsad.com

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Commercial Determinants Research Group @cdoh-rg.bsky.social · 12d

Corporate profit is being prioritised over public health. Discover how corporate power is driving public health crises in the upcoming documentary, Unmasking Influence. #CDOH #CorporatePower @maizie333.bsky.social

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 11d

This week’s Substack essay is out—with special guest co-author Sandro Galea 🎉

It kicks off our new series Ideas about Ideas, on where ideas come from, why that matters, and how we can build a healthier discourse.

Free & ad-free: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

The Social Life of Ideas

Ideas about ideas, at a time when ideas feel endangered

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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 12d

📢Just over three weeks left to nominate for #ADPHAwards25🏅

👀For full details ➡️ adph.org.uk/resources/ad...

📝To nominate➡️ bit.ly/ADPHAwards25

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 12d

Huge thanks to Emma Thompson for leading us on this paper with Jeff Collin in @jsadjournal.bsky.social on
how the alcohol industry frames conflicts of interest and partnership in WHO consultations. Timely considering the #UNHLM #UNGA @uoe-sps.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @acords.bsky.social

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @jsadjournal.bsky.social · 12d

“This Supposed Conflict of Interest”: Analysis of Industry Framings of Partnership and Conflict of Interest in WHO Public Consultations on Alcohol Policy (just accepted in @jsadjournal.bsky.social)
@spidermaani.bsky.social @thersaorg.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

“This Supposed Conflict of Interest”: Analysis of Industry Framings of Partnership and Conflict of Interest in WHO Public Consultations on Alcohol Policy: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol ...

Background: High-level commitments to engage the private sector in governance and limited attention to managing conflict of interest (COI) have enabled alcohol industry actors to engage with policy de...

www.jsad.com

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 18d

New Money Power Health substack article now out: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

Earning the trust of the public has to go far beyond healthcare

Some reflections on public trust, health systems, and the foundational forces that shape health

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 22d

I’ve launched the Money Power Health substack - Essays exploring how money, power & ideas shape the health of societies, alongside the podcast. First short piece here 👉 nasonmaani.substack.com/p/the-money-... Looking forward to the conversation. All content fully accessible, free & ad-free.

The Money Power Health Substack

Why now, why this?

nasonmaani.substack.com

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 22d

New episode of Money Power Health now out!
Huge thanks to Dr Norah Campbell who joined me to discuss the role of business schools, the place of critical scholarship, and their future functions for research and teaching. open.spotify.com/episode/78fj... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social

Episode 17: Business Schools with Norah Campbell

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 28d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Alarm as WHO accepts increasing amount of dark money from corporate donors

Experts say millions in corporate funding and concealment of donors’ identities raises key conflict-of-interest concerns

www.theguardian.com

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · Sep 2

NEW: @bmj.com series uncovers role of arms trade in health and calls for more scrutiny of its harmful activity & relationship with gov #CDOH

www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1794

@jocalynclark.bsky.social @kamranabbasi.bsky.social
@muggah.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social
@markabellis.bsky.social

Pierpaolo Mittica/Panos Pictures
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine
The Okhmatdyt children's hospita bombed by Russian forces in July 2024.

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thank you to the @bmj.com for putting together this series, for helping bear witness to the commercial drivers and perverse incentives of some of our most egregious health crises.

The BMJ @bmj.com · Sep 2

The corporate practices of arms companies have direct implications for human and #PlanetaryHealth

Our NEW @bmj.com series applies a commercial determinants of health framework to the arms industry

Read here: www.bmj.com/collections/...

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The BMJ @bmj.com · Sep 2

The corporate practices of arms companies have direct implications for human and #PlanetaryHealth

Our NEW @bmj.com series applies a commercial determinants of health framework to the arms industry

Read here: www.bmj.com/collections/...

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · Sep 2

Important set of analyses of the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health, which importantly draws out the parallels between the arms, tobacco, alcohol and other industries. Great work all

Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Sep 2

New series in @bmj.com just out: "The arms industry as a commercial determinant of health" including two analysis articles from Mark Bellis and colleagues. Thanks to Mohammed Abba-Aji for leading us on an editorial as part of it: www.bmj.com/collections/... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social

Arms industry as a commercial determinant of health

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Sep 2

Oh gosh I hope I did our paper justice @markpetticrew.bsky.social

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · Sep 2

I listened to this one yesterday... excellent interview, with Salma putting Nason through his paces!

Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Sep 2

It was such a pleasure to be part of this conversation with Salma Abdalla, she is doing a real service to public health through this series!

Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Listen to LHGP Deputy Director @spidermaani.bsky.social discussing how transnational corporations shape the health of populations the Complicating The Narrative podcast with Salma Abdalla from @uwsph.bsky.social at

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1ro9...

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Sep 2

New series in @bmj.com just out: "The arms industry as a commercial determinant of health" including two analysis articles from Mark Bellis and colleagues. Thanks to Mohammed Abba-Aji for leading us on an editorial as part of it: www.bmj.com/collections/... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social

Arms industry as a commercial determinant of health

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Sep 2

It was such a pleasure to be part of this conversation with Salma Abdalla, she is doing a real service to public health through this series!

Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Listen to LHGP Deputy Director @spidermaani.bsky.social discussing how transnational corporations shape the health of populations the Complicating The Narrative podcast with Salma Abdalla from @uwsph.bsky.social at

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1ro9...

Manufacturing Doubt: the commercial determinants of health with Dr Nason Maani

Podcast Episode · Complicating The Narrative · 08/05/2025 · 1h 9m

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Aug 28

Beyond a sugar tax into other foods

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Estimated health impact, cost, and cost-effectiveness of taxation on unhealthy packaged foods in the Philippines: a modelling study

A nutrient-based tax on unhealthy packaged foods could reduce diet-related disease burden and generate sustained tax revenue in the Philippines. These findings support nutrient-based food taxes as a c...

www.thelancet.com

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

For males aged 17 years experiencing homelessness, life expectancy was 15·9 years (95% CI 15·8–16·2) shorter compared with males in the general population

psychiatric disorders, diseases of the liver and digestive system, and infectious diseases

Life-years lost in people experiencing homelessness and other high-risk groups in Denmark: a population-based, register-based, cohort study

The substantial number of life-years lost among people experiencing homelessness is a key public health concern, highlighting pronounced inequalities in health among some of the most vulnerable indivi...

www.thelancet.com

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Aug 25

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estimating the effect of a 20% tax on packaged foods exceeding WHO thresholds for sodium or sugar, excluding beverages already taxed.

avert:
2775 deaths
13.6k incident heart attacks
5.2k ischaemic strokes
21 k T2 diabetes cases
Cost saving from govt perspective

Estimated health impact, cost, and cost-effectiveness of taxation on unhealthy packaged foods in the Philippines: a modelling study

A nutrient-based tax on unhealthy packaged foods could reduce diet-related disease burden and generate sustained tax revenue in the Philippines. These findings support nutrient-based food taxes as a c...

www.thelancet.com

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Global Alcohol Policy Alliance @globalgapa.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hear GAPA Advisory Council member @giannagayle.bsky.social in a conversation with @spidermaani.bsky.social in the Money Power Health podcast. It's and insightful view into the research and advocacy space.

Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · Jul 16

New Money Power Health podcast episode with the wonderful Dr Gayle Amul, in which we discuss her research and advocacy around alcohol and tobacco industry activities and what it means to be a "pracademic"
open.spotify.com/episode/2Oqu... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @forutde.bsky.social

Episode 15: Addressing research/action gaps with pracademic Dr Gayle Amul

Money Power Health with Nason Maani · Episode

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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · Aug 20

90% of people in Britain live in areas where the air breaches international air quality guidelines.

We need clear, funded plans to achieve WHO’s air quality standards, outlining the role & relevant support for local public health authorities.

Find out more about what we say ➡️ bit.ly/3PF0db2

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